Tuesday, October 23, 2007

One way in which CRL supports advanced research and teaching in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences is by acquiring special collections identified by librarians and scholars at member institutions through the annual Purchase Proposal Program. In 2006, University of Maryland librarians Yelena Luckert and Desider Vikor sought CRL’s help in obtaining access to dissertations from Israel to support the interests of those in the university’s Jewish Studies Program. In response CRL acquired through its Purchase Proposal Program, a collection of doctoral dissertations from a number of Israeli universities including Bar Ilan University, Hebrew University, Tel Aviv University and the University of Haifa. Additionally a standing order has been placed to continue to receive dissertations from an Israeli vendor. The acquired materials focus on Jewish literature and culture, Israeli history and politics, and other aspects of Israeli studies. Examples of the titles acquired are:

* Animal Imagery in Wisdom Literature * Encounters between Jews and Arabs in Israel * Narrative Techniques in Mishnaic Stories * Psychological Deployment of Israeli Male Adolescents in Anticipation of Army Service * Social Structure of the Israelite Society during the 8th–7th Centuries BCE According to Archeological Evidence * Ways of Life, Division of Labour and Social Roles of Palestinian Refugee Families: the Case of Dheisheh Refugee Camp.

Shakespeare and the Middle East with Michael Lameexploration of possible connections between Shakespeare’s plays written 400 years ago and the Middle East conflict of todaylocation: Cowell College Conference RoomNov 13 2007 - 7:30 pm